Harvest season will be a good one

Harvest season is here, and it looks like it’s going to be a good one despite hail and frosts that hit local farms earlier this year.

Sara Feijo

Harvest season is here, and it looks like it’s going to be a good one despite hail and frosts that hit local farms earlier this year.

The cranberry harvest will most likely be the third largest on record, with 2.1 million barrels of cranberries expected this year. state Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs spokesman Reginald Zimmerman said.

He said the apple season has been “fantastic” and that the pumpkin season is also expected to be good.

According to the state Department of Agricultural Resources, Massachusetts is one of the top 30 states for pumpkin, apple, squash, sweet corn and broccoli crops.

Milton resident John Leany said squash, spinach, pumpkins, carrots, kale and peppers are popular vegetables this time of the year at the Milton Community Garden on Edge Hill Road.

“I can pick carrots at Christmas time if the ground doesn’t freeze,” said Leany, who is one of the 40 residents who harvest at the almost 2-acre garden.